Choosing Flowers in Season

Benefits of Choosing Flowers in Season

There are several benefits when it comes to choosing flowers in season.

• Save money
• Convenience
• Last minute flower needs are not a fiasco
• Forces you to think outside your favorites

Save Money

When you purchase flowers that are in season, you save a great deal of money. You can get just about any flower you want any time of year, but be prepared to pay a hefty price if you require a special order.

Convenience

The convenience of just grabbing flowers in season to decorate your home will probably do a good job of squelching any desire to have a specific type of flower in your home at all times.

Last-Minute Needs

Who wants to have to wait on a floral shop to order the flowers you need right away? Do you need some last-minute touches for your big event, but didn't order quite the number you needed after all? If you've chosen a flower that's in season, it will be much easier to stop by the local flower shop and purchase what you need. You'll save yourself a ton of stress by this simple bit of planning ahead.

Branch Out

There are very few flowers that are conveniently available all year long. If your favorite flower is the Shasta daisy, and you love to have a bouquet of them to brighten up your breakfast nook in the summer, you might have to look elsewhere for a little pop of color and fragrance during the winter.

Forced to look outside of your comfort zone, you may find yourself gravitating toward orchids in the winter. If your favorites were Shasta daisies and they were available all year, you might never discover the beauty of orchids. What could a little variety hurt?

In addition, if you're looking to give flowers as a way of giving the recipient a special message, you might have to look outside the tried and true flowers. There's a good chance you'll get brownie points for creativity. Consider lilacs to celebrate new love rather than the expected roses.

Flowers for All Year

There are some flowers that you'll almost never cease to see, no matter what time of year it is. A few of them are:

• Rose
• Baby's Breath
• Bachelor's Button
• Carnation
• Gardenia
• Lily of the Valley
• Orchid
• Gladiola

Winter Flowers

Some flowers are easiest to get during the winter months, such as:

• Calla Lily
• Forget-Me-Not
• Holly
• Ivy
• Poinsettia
• Tulip
• Jasmine
• Camelia

Spring Flowers

When so many flowers are blooming all over, here are a few to focus on:

• Violet
• Tulip
• Narcissus
• Lilac
• Jonquil
• Apple Blossom
• Orange Blossom
• Cherry Blossom
• Iris
• Hyacinth
• Daffodil
• Pansy

Summer Flowers

Once things heat up a bit more, here are some different ones to choose from:

• Calla Lily (continued from spring)
• Daisy
• Hydrangea
• Sweet Pea
• Peony
• Daisy
• Zinnia
• Shasta Daisy
• Queen Anne's Lace
• Delphinium
• Dahlia

Autumn Flowers

When the leaves are starting to change, there's a fresh selection of flowers to choose from:

• Aster (continued from summer)
• Chrysanthemum
• Marigold
• Leaves and foliage (don’t let those beautiful colors go to waste!)
• Gerbera Daisy

The selections are much smaller during the colder months of the year, of course, but you can still design beautiful bouquets with what each season has to offer. Spruce almost any bouquet up with Baby's Breath or autumn leaves and you'll have a season-appropriate arrangement.

Plan Ahead

When you set out to buy flowers for any type of decoration or occasion, be sure you know what's in season. Choosing flowers in season will save you money and offer you convenience. For events that require lots of planning ahead, such as weddings, be sure to look into the available flowers ahead of time. That way, you don't get your heart set on one thing only to find it to be a headache to get your hands on as the day gets closer.